Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Peru

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, under Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1893, to be delivered to the Commissioner of Immigration by the Commanding Officer of any vessel having such passengers on board upon arrival at a port in the United States.

S.S. Peru, sailing from Yokohama, Oct 30th, 1894 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Nov 13, 1894.

Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single*, Occupation, Nationality, Last Residence, Final Destination in the US, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether going to join Relative or Friend

Please scroll to view all columns.

  
1*Ernet Ernest Tefor     29y1m  Male   No  Chemist  Rumanian Vladivostock Sacramento        30  No  yes
2*Kash???      Kimagi    29y11m Male   No  Merchant Japanese Tokio        San Francisco     30  yes No
3*Tunnsuke     Mitsumoto 31y2m  Male   Yes Merchant Japanese Osaka        San Francisco   1000  yes No
4*Mrs Shina    Mitsumoto 31y9m  Female Yes wife     Japanese Osaka        San Francisco         yes No
5 Kannosuke    Matsumoto 28y1m  Male   No  Merchant Japanese Osaka        San Francisco    400  No  No

    
Transcriber's Notes:
There is no captain's statement nor captain's name attached to this manifest.
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were 
not included in the table:
 Able to Read & Write=yes 
 Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco  
 Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes (except 1) 
 By whom was passage paid?=self 
 Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity=no
 Whether a Polygamist=no
 Whether under contract to labor in the US=no
 Condition of Health Mental and Physical=good
 Whether having any deformities=no 
"Or Single" has been crossed out in the Married or Single column, leaving Married.
Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?.

1 is going to join brother Herbert Tefor 24 Water St Sacramento.
2 first name could be Kashizi.  He has been in Oakland once 1893.
3 has been to San Francisco twice 1890-1894.
4 has been to San Francisco twice 1890-1894.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 2, Page 149.